Hot Rod Homecoming Car Show

HOT ROD celebrates its 65th anniversary in 2013, and to kick it off, we’re planning the HOT ROD Homecoming, a very special car show that will be held March 23–24, 2013, at the Fairplex in Pomona, California. The historic site is the location of the very first NHRA drag race and the home of the NHRA Winternationals. It’s also the current location of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, the LA Roadsters’ show, and the Grand National Roadster Show. Road races were held there, in the ’50s and ’60s, and the parking lots around the fairgrounds served as the location for the photo shoots of many HOT ROD magazine feature cars of the same era.

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Which brings us to the point: The HOT ROD Homecoming is all about bringing those 65 years of feature cars together for one big party. The indoor show space at the Homecoming will be filled with cars—or even trucks, boats, and bikes—that have been featured in the magazine, and we hope to be able to display them in chronological order from 1948 until now.

While the whereabouts of many former HOT ROD cars are well known, there are hundreds more that have lost the spotlight. At the Homecoming, any vehicle that has appeared on any page of HOT ROD is welcome. It does not matter if the car looks like it did when it was in the magazine or not; all that matters is the provenance. If you have one of those cars, or if you know where one is hidden, contact us at HotRodHomecoming@HotRod.com.

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The entry fee for HOT ROD feature cars will include a package of collectibles that will only be available at this 65th anniversary event. Cars that have not been featured in the mag are also welcome, though they will be displayed in outdoor space.

More information on the event will show up here and at HOTROD.com over the coming months, but for now, help us find those old feature cars!